Patients undergoing a mini-spine fusion are up walking almost immediately after surgery, usually leaving the hospital the same day, and returning to normal activity within six weeks or less.” — Dr.

Minimally invasive tubular decompression had significant improvements compared to conventional open laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis, according to systematic review study published in Scientific ...

Minimally invasive spine surgery has been available for several years, but the trend has just begun picking up steam across the country. Many surgeons who learned traditional open surgery are content ...

Frank Phillips, MD, co-founded the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Minimally Invasive Spine Institute in Chicago. There, he works with spine surgeon colleagues to treat a wide variety of spinal ...

As innovation accelerates in spine surgery, many surgeons say the most disruptive changes are unfolding in payer policies, outcomes tracking and practice economics that increasingly dictate how, when ...

Although the thought of spine surgery for patients can come with feelings of fear and anxiety, thanks to new, minimally invasive robotic surgery options at MountainStar Healthcare’s Lone Peak Hospital ...

Patients suffering from several painful spinal conditions can find relief with an advanced, minimally invasive surgical procedure at Cayuga Medical Center. The procedure, Transforaminal Lumbar ...

Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) can help treat several types of back pain-related ailments. Compared to traditional open back surgeries, it requires fewer incisions, is less damaging, has ...

The Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) offers advanced subspecialty training in minimally invasive spine surgery and complex spine surgery ...